The Cavalier of Toledo part 3
Unable longer to contend with the variety of emotions which shook her bosom and hourly preyed upon her life, she resolved, with the impulse...
The Cavalier of Toledo part 2
The campaign being concluded with great honor and advantage on the part of the French, with the aid of the young and enterprising Castilian,...
The Cavalier of Toledo part 1
Masuccio (Guardato) (Flourished latter half of 15th Century)Masuccio was born at Salerno, of noble parentage. He was a resident at the Court of Naples,...
The Divided Horsecloth part 8
“Fair, sweet son, my heart trembles within me, so greatly do I dread the cold. Give me, then, the cloth you spread upon your...
The Divided Horsecloth part 7
“Ah, fair, sweet son, what is this thou sayest to me! For the love of God turn me not from thy door. I lie...
The Divided Horsecloth part 6
Thus before the witnesses he divested himself utterly of all his wealth, and became naked as a peeled wand in the eyes of the...
The Divided Horsecloth part 5
The eldest of these brothers had a daughter, but the mother of the maid was dead. Now this damsel owned in Paris a certain...
The Divided Horsecloth part 4
For very greatly are those loved and esteemed by their fellows who are courteous in speech` and address. He who has fair words in...
The Divided Horsecloth part 2
With the opening of the Seventeenth Century the short story was overshadowed by the drama and the long-winded sentimental ro¬mance, although such writers as...
The Divided Horsecloth part 1
FranceThere are probably more short stories, as there is assuredly a longer and more continuous development of the form, in the French than in...